Hat-pin.



E.- s. ooN'nA. HAT PIN.

APPLIOATIONKHLD AUG. z2, '1904.

@fat/@QM PATENTED MAR. "1335119106-54, ff

IINITEDA srAfr Es ELIZABETH s, .CONDRA lOF CORONA, CALIFORNIA.

.I HAT-PIN.-

.ispecication of Letters Patent.

Patented March 13, 1906.

Appennini, ned August 22, 1904. serial No. 221,630.

A'o a/ZZ whom it may concern: ,l Be it known thatI, ELIZABETH S; CONDRA a citlzen of the United States, residin atCorona, inthe county of Riverside and tate of' 5 California," have invented a new and 'useful'` Improvement in I-Iatflins,4 of .which theffollowing is a specification;

v- The main object of this invention is to pro'-- videa hat-pin that can be readily inserted orv to removed, :but which when in place' not be.

"liable to accidental dis lacement. v Afurtherobject of tlie invention isto provvide a hatepin that will lenga e with the wearers hair to hold the pin inpace. Another lobject of the im'fentionis-to` provide a`.hatpin withmeans yfor engagement with tion. The accompanying drawings illustrate the invention-' 5" Figure .1 is aside view of one embodiment @of my invention. .Fig 2 is a yview showing the application lof the in.

In. constructing L a with my invention a body 1. is formedfrom suitable material, preferably a small steel or iron rod of a length sufiicient to pass entirely through the hat. On'e'end of the body 1s sharpenedto'form a tip or point 2, adapted hat and also' through the hair.

means for manipulating the pin and to form e. stop for preventing the pin from going too The body ofthe pin is provided with a hatcoilof very few4 turns 4 and. a hair-coil of many-turns 4', the latter being located immediately adjacent to the. tip 2 and the haircoil being substantially midway between the hat-coil4 and the head 3, so that when in lace, as shown in Fig. 2, the hair-coil will ie exactly in the vhair and 'th'e'hat-coil will exactly ,engage the hat. The insertion of the' pin is accomplishedfwith the least-possible manipulation, as the vhat-coil 4 is'iirst passed through one side ofthe hat, then through the hair, and then through the other side of the` hat. After the hat-coil vhas passed through the first side of the hat by rotation the pin is pushedlongitudinally without any rotation until the coil reaches the hair, when vit is again rotated; but when. it reaches the hair thesec' ondcoil 4 has reached the side of the hat, so

that the same 'rotation will carry one coil E, partly'thi'ough the, side o the-hat to hold the and hat in posiatlpin in 'accordance to be readily passed through the sides of the l A head or knob 3 is formed at the otherendto formi a f through the hair and the other one through the side of'the hat. The pinis then pushed longitudinally withoutrotation untilthe coil 4 reaches the .other side of the h at, by which time the coil 4 has reached .the hair, when the same rotation will oairfy lthe forward coil 'the hat and the `otherone into the hair and the headinto .en-

"pin-was first inserted.

substantially in a line wit the straight or uncoiled portions ofthe pin, andthe straight 'anduncoiled portions arealso in `line with` A.each other, so that when the coils are being inserted there willr be substantially no lateral movement of the main or straight portions of the pin, which would disarrange the hair,

and by locating the first coil immediately adwith the axis of said coil the sharp end of the pin willl not have to project so far through the side of the hat to have the coil engage therewith as would be'the case if the coil were located at a distance from thetip, and the rotation of the. pin when the coils are being inserted will be more uniform than if the -tip `were atonesidea of said axis.

From theefore oing'it is evident that a pin constructed as a ove described can be made of any length andsizel and can be made as ornamentahas desired, and yet the cost of construction will .be substantially the same as out-of the hat and be lost, as so frequently happens with a straight pin.

Having described my Invention, I claim .A hat-pin comprising a metal rod having cneend sharpened to form a tip zor point, a head at the other end the rod belng provided with' a hat-coil and a hair-coil, the hat-coil consisting of but extremelyfew turns and bcing located very close to the tip with its` axis i1. line with the rod, the haircoil consisting .of many turns located midway between the head and the hat-coils and the axis of the hair-.coils being in line with the rod.

In" testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, at Corona, California, this v10th day of August, 1904. f ELIZABETH S.' CONDRA. f In presenceoi# EMMA A. lt/IEROIIAIWI,l

C. G. TAYLOR.

. The two coils are arran ed each with its axis l lgagement with the side of the hatwhere the jacent tothe tip and having the tipy in aline 7 5 impossible for it to automatically work itself V 9o i IOO 

